​Beacon Hill Council MeetingJefferson Community CenterTuesday, August 1 20176:30 pm1. Old Beacon Hill Council Business:a. Election of New Board Members (Mira)i. Melanie Truhn spoke about her background as a transportation planner (sheworks for a small national transportation planning private company that doeswork with municipalities and agencies) and as a community engagementvolunteer when she lived in NYC.ii. Maria made a motion to elect Melanie to the board. Dove seconded the motion.Melanie was elected to the board (7 in favor, none opposed or abstaining).b. Air & Noise Pollution & Health Impacts Presentation for Community InputMaria Batayola & Rachel Shaffer ( EJBeaconHillSeattle@gmail.com )i. Community suggestions were captured on paper and affinitized by votes fromattendeesii. Attendees volunteered to.provide community feedback at the summit in October1. Emma Johnson2. Erik Stanfordiii. More meetings are scheduled through Septemberiv. Materials for this presentation can be found at the website:http://www.elcentrodelaraza.org/ejbeaconhillseattle/2. New Business – Request for Community Input:a. Rezone for 1807 20 th Avenue South. Joji Minatogawa and Garwin Long( joji@minatogawa.com and garwinlong@hotmail.com )i. The property is currently unmaintained green space. The developers originallysought support from SE district council, but had trouble contacting them. Theproject is slated for approval from City Council, but developers are not sure of theschedule.ii. The project’s landscape plan and consideration of proximity to transit werediscussediii. Joji and Garwin asked for a letter of support for rezoning approval to at leastLow-Rise 1 considering the prior City Council approval.iv. Mira moved to write a letter of support stating that the BHCS supports reinstatingLR1 for this location from Single Family for future development andmaintaining/enhancing the green space .1. Erik Stanford seconds2. The voice vote was unanimous in approvalBeacon Hill Council Board MeetingJefferson Community CenterTuesday, August 1 20178:30 pm1. Attendeesa. Maria Batayolab. Linda Jensenc. Amy Kaminishid. Mira Latoszeke. Roseanne Lorenzanaf. Cacima Leeg. Lee Nathanh. Erik Stanfordi. Melanie Truhn2. Community center and pool strategic plan of 2016, Elizabeth Riggs - Save our CommunityCenters and Poolsa. Affects city wideb. Evans pool and community center is slated to be torn down, to be rebuilt and managedby a private partner. This is one of many city facilities planned for privatization, as partof a seeming trend that the city seeks to shift responsibility.c. Maria would like to discuss this topic at the mini-retreat and a future general meeting.Coordination with Jefferson Park Alliance about risk of privatization would be prudent3. New itemsa. Beacon Crossingi. Developers are proposing a 99 unit apartment, with 3 affordable housing unitsand no parking. Cacima will be in touch with developers to present at Septembermeeting. The project is already meeting what is required under zoningrequirements.4. Administrative/Minutes (Lee)a. Melanie needed to be added to Google distribution list.b. Lee agreed to update the website with board members.c. Lee, Erik, Maria, and Melanie agreed to work on website in the next month.5. Financial Report (Amy)a. $806.48 in account6. Mini-retreat on Interests/Goalsa. Some conflicts were mentioned in September. Email followup was agreed to benecessary.7. Othersa. EIS feedback is needed. A suggestion was made to share EIS links on the website.b. Lee announced his intent to resign from the board effective in September, due to himleaving the country for work.8. Adjourna. Mira moved to adjourn, Linda seconded. All were in favor, none opposed or abstaining.